61 and 63, New Cavendish Street W1 is a Grade II* listed building in the Westminster local planning authority area, England. A 18th century Town house. 9 related planning applications.

61 and 63, New Cavendish Street W1

WRENN ID
ghost-stone-aspen
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Westminster
Constituency
Cities of London and Westminster MP: Rachel Blake (Lab)
Country
England
Type
Town house
Address
61 and 63, New Cavendish Street W1, City of Westminster, W1G 7AR
OS grid reference
TQ 287 817
Coordinates
51.51971, -0.14622
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Nos. 61 and 63 New Cavendish Street are a pair of terraced townhouses built between 1775 and 1777 as part of the Portland Estate development by John Johnson. No. 61 was fitted out for William Udny, while No. 63 was for Sir Charles Bampfylde. The houses are constructed of stock brick with a concealed slate roof and feature a generously proportioned, astylar elevation that presents a unified tripartite composition, closing the north vista of Mansfield Street designed by the Adam Brothers.

The buildings rise four storeys, with the top floor serving as an attic, and have basements. They are seven windows wide, with the central three bays slightly advanced. The central section includes semicircular arched doorways flanked by similarly arched windows, all recessed and adorned with Coade stone vermiculated rustications, fluted impost bands, head keystones, panelled doors, sidelights, and patterned fanlights. The windows have renewed glazing bar sashes set under flat gauged arches.

On the first floor, there is a continuous bracketed balcony with a Victorian scrollwork iron balustrade and a tent-roofed verandah, while the second floor windows feature tent hoods added at the same time as the verandah. The main stucco cornice is located above the second floor, with an attic cornice and blocking course. The properties also have plumbed spike area railings, with a surviving urn finialed standard to the right.

The interiors are notably fine, reflecting a style reminiscent of Wyatt, featuring geometrical stone staircases with delicate wrought iron balustrades, plasterwork friezes and ceilings with inset painted panels, arabesque, and "Etruscan" details. Notable rooms include an apse-ended library and a drawing room in No. 61 with a segmental vaulted and pendentive domed ceiling, as well as statuary marble chimneypieces.

Local climate

61 and 63, New Cavendish Street W1 sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 95% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 98% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 57% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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